Fierce climate, sacred ground : an ethnography of climate change in Shishmaref, Alaska /

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Fierce Climate, Sacred Ground is an ethnographic account of the impacts of climate change in Shishmaref, Alaska. In this small Iupiaq community, flooding and erosion are forcing community members to consider relocation as the only possible solution for long-term safety. However, a tangled web of pol...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Marino, Elizabeth K., 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Human beings > Effect of climate on > Alaska > Shishmaref.
Ethnology > Alaska > Shishmaref.
Climatic changes > Alaska > Shishmaref.
Inupiat > Alaska > Shishmaref.
Êtres humains > Influence du climat > Alaska > Shishmaref.
Ethnologie > Alaska > Shishmaref.
Climat > Changements > Alaska > Shishmaref.
Inupiat (Inuits) > Alaska > Shishmaref.
SOCIAL SCIENCE/Human Geography.
Climatic changes.
Ethnology.
Human beings > Effect of climate on.
Inupiat.
Umsiedlung
Kulturelle Identität
Küste
Klimaänderung
Inyupiat
Erosion
Climat > Changements > États-Unis > Alaska (États-Unis)
Ethnologie > États-Unis > Alaska (États-Unis)
Homme > Effets du climat > États-Unis > Alaska (États-Unis)
Effets du climat.
Refugies environnementaux.
Catastrophes ecologiques.
Climat > Changements.
Inuits.
Shishmaref (Alaska) > Maps.
Alaska > Shishmaref.
Shishmaref (Etats-Unis, Alaska)
Remote-sensing maps.
Maps.
Spatiocartes.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1: It's the End of the World, and Shishmaref Is Everywhere
  • Chapter 2: Unnatural Natural Disasters
  • Chapter 3: Flooding and Erosion in Shishmaref: The Anatomy of a Climate Change Disaster
  • Chapter 4: Seal Oil Lamps and Pre-Fab Housing: A History of Colonialism in Shishmaref
  • Chapter 5: Finding a Way Forward: Trust, Distrust, and Alaska Native Relocation Planning in the Twenty-first Century
  • Chapter 6: The Tenacity of Home
  • Chapter 7: The Ethics of Climate Change
  • Notes
  • Index.

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